The objective of UNCTAD's work on competition and consumer policies is to ensure that partner countries enjoy the benefits of increased competition, open and contestable markets, private sector investment in key sectors and ultimately that consumers achieve improved welfare.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation praised UNCTAD for its work carried out in the field of competition law and policy at the plenary session of an event held on Russian Competition Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 8 September.

​UNCTAD and Colombia's Superintendence of Industry and. Commerce (SIC) hosted the fourth International Consumer Protection Forum, devoted to the issue of advertising and the law, in Bogotá on 26–27 August.